Fetching an XML using LINQ

Question

Below is the XML structure that I am using to pick the nodes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rowset xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset">
  <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:saw-sql="urn:saw-sql" targetNamespace="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset">
    <xsd:complexType name="Row">
      <xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:element name="Column0" type="xsd:date" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" saw-sql:type="date" saw-sql:sqlFormula="&quot;F&amp;R Sales, Balances, Exposures and Limits&quot;.&quot;Financial Calendar&quot;.&quot;Date&quot;" saw-sql:displayFormula="&quot;Financial Calendar&quot;.&quot;Date&quot;" saw-sql:aggregationRule="none" saw-sql:aggregationType="nonAgg" saw-sql:tableHeading="Financial Calendar" saw-sql:columnHeading="Daily" saw-sql:isDoubleColumn="false" saw-sql:columnID="c1f8d3c16da4d2766" />
        <xsd:element name="Column1" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" saw-sql:type="char" saw-sql:sqlFormula="&quot;F&amp;R Sales, Balances, Exposures and Limits&quot;.&quot;Customer Details&quot;.&quot;Customer Title&quot;" saw-sql:displayFormula="&quot;Customer Details&quot;.&quot;Customer Title&quot;" saw-sql:aggregationRule="none" saw-sql:aggregationType="nonAgg" saw-sql:tableHeading="Customer Details" saw-sql:columnHeading="Channel" saw-sql:isDoubleColumn="false" saw-sql:columnID="c7e5b7e356cc63ae3" />
        <xsd:element name="Column2" type="xsd:double" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" saw-sql:type="double" saw-sql:sqlFormula="&quot;F&amp;R Sales, Balances, Exposures and Limits&quot;.&quot;Balances - Spot&quot;.&quot;Closing Balance&quot;" saw-sql:displayFormula="&quot;Balances - Spot&quot;.&quot;Closing Balance&quot;" saw-sql:aggregationRule="dimAggr" saw-sql:aggregationType="agg" saw-sql:tableHeading="Balances - Spot" saw-sql:columnHeading="Closing Balance" saw-sql:isDoubleColumn="false" saw-sql:columnID="c5d3ad4e6d8e6cc66" />
      </xsd:sequence>
    </xsd:complexType>
  </xsd:schema>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-08-30</Column0>
        <Column1>Acquire</Column1>
        <Column2>182629341.8</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-08-30</Column0>
        <Column1>Cross-sell</Column1>
        <Column2>139272587.24</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-08-30</Column0>
        <Column1>Deepen</Column1>
        <Column2>182862985.56</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-08-31</Column0>
        <Column1>Acquire</Column1>
        <Column2>182629341.8</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-08-31</Column0>
        <Column1>Cross-sell</Column1>
        <Column2>139272587.24</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-08-31</Column0>
        <Column1>Deepen</Column1>
        <Column2>182862985.56</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-01</Column0>
        <Column1>Acquire</Column1>
        <Column2>182742974.13</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-01</Column0>
        <Column1>Cross-sell</Column1>
        <Column2>139423172.28</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-01</Column0>
        <Column1>Deepen</Column1>
        <Column2>183136223.84</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-02</Column0>
        <Column1>Acquire</Column1>
        <Column2>177144002.21</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-02</Column0>
        <Column1>Cross-sell</Column1>
        <Column2>134426394.95</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-02</Column0>
        <Column1>Deepen</Column1>
        <Column2>182969892.02</Column2>
      </Row>
      <Row>
        <Column0>2013-09-03</Column0>
        <Column1>Acquire</Column1>
        <Column2>177120781.08</Column2>
      </Row>
              </rowSet>

Basically what I am trying to do is pick all the elements under "Row", in my case being "Column0","Column1" and "Column2".

Below is the code that I am using to fetch the results. Somehow, it aint working. Any help would be helpful.

private static IEnumerable GenerateDataSet(XDocument xmlDoc)
{
    XNamespace ns = @"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset";
    IEnumerable resultSet = (from result in xmlDoc.Root.Descendants(ns + "Row")
                             select new
                             {
                                 Date = DateTime.Parse(result.Element("Column0").Value),
                                 KPI = (result.Attribute("Column1").Value),
                                 Value = int.Parse(result.Attribute("Column2").Value)
                             });
    return resultSet;
}

Answer 1

1. XML is case-sensitive, so you have to exactly match element name to make it work. ROW and row are two different elements.
2. Columns1 and Column2 are elements, not attributes.
3. You have to use namespace for Column0/Column1/Column2 as well.
4. Use explicit cast to DateTime/string/int instead of Value property + Parse method calls. It's just better.

Update

1. Column2 contains decimal/double value, not ints:

   XNamespace ns = @"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-analysis:rowset";
   IEnumerable resultSet = (from result in xmlDoc.Root.Descendants(ns + "ROW")
                            select new
                            {
                                Date = (DateTime)result.Element(ns + "Column0")),
                                KPI = (string)result.Element(ns + "Column1")),
                                Value = (decimal)result.Element(ns + "Column2"))
                            });
   

Answer 2

ROW and Row are not the same. Xml is case-sensitive. You need to use Row with lower-case because that is your element's name.

Answer 3

Finally I'm using this code:

returnValue = (from rows in doc.Root.Descendants(ns + "Row")
select (from columns in rows.Elements() select object)columns.Value).ToArray()
).ToList();